BIOGRAPHY - Riccardo Welters

Title:	Dr
Full Name:	Riccardo Welters
Email:	riccardo.welters@newcastle.edu.au
Work Phone:	0249212001
Fax:	0249218731
City:	Newcastle
State:	NSW
Country:	Australia
Working Details
Institution:	University of Newcastle
Department:	Economics, Politics and Tourism
Position:	Visiting Post-doc
Participation
Participation:	Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options) Paradigm Working Groups Socio-spatial theory Methodologies, tools and techniques Scenarios and forecasting Sources, data quality and data integration Application Working Groups National and regional socio-economic change Population, economic and information flows Social and economic networks Regional development and community capacity building Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings
Project Involvement

Publication History
Publications:	Publication 1: Welters, R. and J. Muysken (2006) Employer search and employment subsidies, Applied Economics, 38, 1435-48. Publication 2: Welters, R. and J. Muysken (2005) Employer Search and Training/Wage Subsidies. in: I. Nicaise (ed.) Best practice in the evaluation of labour market programmes for vulnerable groups, Chapter 2, HIVA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven. Publication 3: Welters, R. (2004) Zoekgedrag werkgevers bepaalt effectiviteit loonkostensubsidies, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 89, 386-89. Publication 4: Welters, R. (2001) Lat Melkertbanen lag te laag, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 86, 673-74. Publication 5: Müller, W., H. Brauns, T. Couppié, M. Gangl, M. Mansuy, R. Welters and M. Wolbers (1999) A comparative analysis of transitions from education to work in Europe – based on the European Community Labour Force Survey, Mannheim, Maastricht, Marseille: MZES, ROA, CEREQ. Publication 6: Velden, R. van der, R. Welters, E. Willems and M. Wolbers (1998) 'De eerste baan is niet de beste, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 83, 504-6. Publication 7: Van Opstal, R., H. Roodenburg and R. Welters (1998) Low skilled jobs through job creation and wage subsidies, CPB Report, 98/2, 32-5. Publication 8: Welters, R. (1998) De effectiviteit van het Nederlandse actieve arbeidsmarktbeleid, Maandschrift Economie, 62, 257-72. Publication 9: Welters, R., E. Willems and M. Wolbers (1999) De positie van de overheid als werkgever op de arbeidsmarkt voor schoolverlaters, Den Haag: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Publication 10: Delmee, J., A. de Grip and R. Welters (1998) De Arbeidsmarkt van de Kwartaire Sector in een Globaliserende Omgeving, OSA-werkdocument, W159, Den Haag.
Current Research Interests
Current Research:	Current Research 1: Long-term unemployed, employer search behaviour, regional disparities.